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BYD to build electric bus assemby plant in Calif.

NEW YORK — China-based electric vehicle producer BYD will break ground on May 1 for an assembly plant in Lancaster, Calif., to make electric buses for U.S. and Latin American public transportation markets, according to a China Daily report.

The operation will be located in a defunct recreational vehicle manufacturing plant on a 13-acre site. For the full story, click here.

Deliveries of the Buy-America compliant, Altoona-tested clean-diesel coach are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2018. An all-electric version is also in development and will be released in 2020.

Proterra’s 40-foot Catalyst E2 max traveled 1,101.2 miles with 660 kWh of energy storage capacity. For the last three consecutive years, the company has demonstrated improved range and battery performance.

From standard 40-foot buses to high-capacity articulated BRT vehicles, clean diesel to hybrid-electric, and from 100% electric to natural gas propulsion, Nova buses have the capacity to respond to any type of service demand at any time.